Shutter-fastener.



PATENTED JULY 18, 1905.

W A JORDAN SHUTTER FASTENBR.

APPLICATION FILED um. 21, 1905.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 21, 1905.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER JORDAN, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD J. HEINTZ, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

SHUTTER-FASTENER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 795,135, dated July 18, 1905.

Application filed January 21, 1905. Serial No. 242,098.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ALEXANDER JORDAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shutter-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shutter-fasteners which are used on the inside of the ordinary hinged shutters and which engage with lugs or catches on the frame of the Window.

The object of my invention is to provide a shutter-fastener which cannot be released from the outside when the shutters are closedand which Will be certain in its action and which can be securely locked in operative position.

To these ends my invention consists of a latch pivotally secured to a shutter adapted to engage at one end a lug or hook on a Windowframe and means for locking said latch to pre vent a swinging movement on its pivot.

It consists, further, in the combination, with a shutter-fastener having a hook, of means for securing the fastener-hook when engaged with a lug or catch on a window-casing and means for operating the locking mechanism to lock or release the fastener-hook.

It consists, further, in certain novel features of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical central section of my improvement in its locked position. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of same. Fig. 3 is a rear face view of the base-plate. Fig. 4c is a front face view of base-plate with locking-plate in place. Fig. 5 is aview of the inside of the hook-retaining plate. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a modified form of fastener. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of another form of locking-plate. Fig. 8 is ,a central vertical section on line 8 8 of Fig. -7. Fig. 9 is a detached perspective view of the locking-plate shown in Figs. 7 and 8.

A in the drawings represents the base-plate, which is adapted to be secured to the shutter by screws or other suitable means. Said baseplate is cast with the slot at and the struck-out portions 0' a, which form sockets or bearings for the pintles b of the hook B. To the upper part of base-plate A is pivotally secured the locking-plate C, said lock consisting of a plate generally circular in shape, but having the two cut-out portions 0 and 0' in its periphery, the purpose of which will later appear. Said locking-plate is rotatively mounted on the base-plate A by means of the pin 0 projecting through said base-plate, then through a washer 0 and then upset or riveted on the back end.

D representsa cover or casing for the locking-plate O and may be secured to the baseplate by any suitable means, such as lugs d, passing through the base-plate and bentto hold the casing in place, or by screws or other means. Said casing or cover is provided with an opening d at its lower portion, and immediately below this opening a slot or hole a is made in the base-plate A. The casing D is also provided with a central opening d through which the key for operating locking-plate C is inserted.

B is the latch, which is made in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2. As stated, 6 represents pintles which are adapted to be seated and bear in the sockets a a, while 6 is the hook-shaped nose of the latch. b is an upwardly rearwardly curved extension of the nose Z) and is provided with the projecting point 6 extending beyond the shoulder 6*. The latch B is also provided with the lug I), which prevents the latch dropping too far.

The locking-plate O is provided on its front face with a projection 0 which may be square in shape, as shown in Figs. '1 and 2, so that a clock-key may be used, or said projection may be round and provided with two depressions in which the wards of a key may be used; but in no instance should the projection on the front face of the lockingplate project beyond the face of the casing or cover D. As shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the necessity for a key may be done away with by pivotally securing a finger piece 0 to said locking-plate. Said finger-piece when not in use lies flush Within.

the opening OZ in the center of the casing or cover D.

The locking-plate C is slightly dished on its rear face, so that it bears at its edges on the base-plate A. The cut-out portion 0 is to limit the rotative movement of the lockingplate by means of the stop-pin (0 which may be integral with plate A, struck up or removably secured thereto.

The parts having been assembled in their proper relative positions and applied to the inside of ash utter, the operation will be readily understood. When the slot 0 registers with the opening a in plate A, the point of the latch-hook may be thrown through said registering openings and the nose of the latch lifted out of engagement with the lug E on the window-sill. If the latch is now released, the nose will drop down behind the lug E, holding the shutter closed. Now by rotating the locking-plate G to the left the portion of said plate 0 between the slots 0 and 0 will pass behind the point 6 until the movement of the plate 0 is limited by a stop-pin (4, thus securely locking the nose of the latchB behind the lug E on the window-sill, so that it cannot be raised. Said latch cannot under any circumstances be raised from the outside of the shutter and can only be raised from the inside when the locking-plate has been rotated to again bring the slot 0, the opening a and the opening d all in register. This rotation of locking-plate C can be accomplished by means of the keys before mentioned or by the finger-piece c.

It will thus be seen that I provide a simple, cheap, and efficient shutter-fastener which can only be operated from the inside.

The base-plate A has a projecting portion or car a, which is perforated and by means of which said base-plate may be secured to the shutter.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Ashutter-fastener consisting of a hookshaped latch having an upwardly and rearwardly projecting horn, said latch pivotally secured to a shutter and adapted to engage at its free end a lug, hook or loop, and a lockingplate pivotally secured to the inner face of the shutter and adapted to be moved into and out of the path of the horn of said latch.

2. A shutter-fastener consisting of a hookshaped latch having an upwardly and rearwardly extending horn, said latch pivotally secured to a shutter and adapted to engage at its free end a lug, hook or loop, and means secured to the inner face of the shutter to be moved into and out of the path of said horn.

3. A shutter-fastener consisting of a hookshaped latch having an upwardly and rearwardly extending horn and pivoted to a shutter, a locking-plate rotatably mounted on the inner face of the shutter and having an opening adapted to be moved into and out of the path of the said horn.

4. A shutter-fastener consisting 'of a base plate adapted to be secured to a shutter, a hook-shaped latch having an upwardly and rearwardly extended horn, a locking-plate rotatably mounted on said base-plate and hav ing an opening or slot adapted to be moved into and out of the path of the rear end of said horn.

5. A shutter-fastener consisting of a baseplate adapted to be secured to a shutter, a hook-shaped latch having an upwardly and rearwardly extended horn at its free end, a locking-plate rotatably mounted on said plate and having an opening or slot therein adapted to be moved into and out of the path of the rear end of said horn, andmeans for limiting the rotary movement of said locking-plate.

6. A shutter-fastener consisting of a baseplate adapted to be secured to a shutter, a hook-shaped latch pivotally secured to the said base-plate, said base-plate having an opening above said latch, a locking-plate rotatively mounted on the base-plate above the latch and having a slot in its circumference, and means for rotating said locking-plate to bring the solid portion of the locking-plate behind the upper end of the latch, and also to bring the opening in the circumference of said locking-plate into register with the opening in the base-plate.

7 A shutter-fastener consisting of a baseplate adapted to be secured to a shutter; a hook-shaped latch pivotally secured to said plate and having an upwardly and rearwardly extending horn, a locking plate rotatively mounted on the base-plate and having an opening in its circumference, and means for limiting the rotation of the locking-plate, and

*means for rotating said locking-plate to cause the opening in the circumference or the solid portion of said locking-plate to pass behind the horn of the latch.

8. A shutter-fastener consisting of a baseplate adapted to be secured to a shutter, a hook-shaped latch pivotally secured to said base-plate and having an upwardly and rearwardly extending horn, a locking-plate rotatively mounted on the base-plate above the latch said locking-plate having a slot in its circumference behind the horn of the latch, and another slot to limit its rotation, a stop projecting from the base-plate into said limiting-slot, and means for rotating said locking-plate to cause the solid portion thereof to.

pass behind the horn of the latch, or to move the opening in the circumference of said locking-plate immediately behind said horn.

9. A shutter-fastener consisting of a baseplate adapted to be secured to a shutter, a hook-shaped latch pivotally secured to said plate and having an upwardly and rearwardly projecting horn, a locking-plate rotatively mounted on said plate above said latch and having an opening in its circumference adaptbring the solid portion of the circumference ed to receive the point of the horn, a casing of the locking-plate behind the point of the or cover secured to the base-plate over the horn of the latch.

locking-plate and having a central opening, WILLIAM ALEXANDER JORDAN. 5 and means projecting from the locking-plate Witnesses:

Within said opening in the casing or cover to RENE TRIOOU,

permit of the locking-plate being rotated to ED. J. HEINTZ. 

